Total Payments
$20,368
2024 Payments
$13,995
Companies
9
Transactions
20
Medicare Patients
445
Medicare Billing
$62,665

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$16,046 (78.8%)
Other$2,610 (12.8%)
Travel$910.69 (4.5%)
Food & Beverage$800.67 (3.9%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $16,046 5 78.8%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $2,610 1 12.8%
Travel and Lodging $910.69 2 4.5%
Food and Beverage $800.67 12 3.9%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. $13,454 10 $0 (2024)
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $2,720 2 $0 (2024)
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $1,528 1 $0 (2021)
SECURA BIO, INC. $1,500 1 $0 (2022)
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $818.75 1 $0 (2021)
Genmab U.S., Inc. $155.14 2 $0 (2024)
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $127.32 1 $0 (2024)
Genentech USA, Inc. $37.05 1 $0 (2024)
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $27.37 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $13,995 14 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. ($11,054)
2023 $2,499 2 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. ($2,400)
2022 $1,527 2 SECURA BIO, INC. ($1,500)
2021 $2,346 2 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. ($1,528)

All Payment Transactions

20 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/10/2024 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $127.32 General
12/09/2024 Genentech USA, Inc. Columvi (Biological), Lucentis, Polivy Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.05 General
Category: BioOncology
12/08/2024 Genmab U.S., Inc. Epkinly (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $56.34 General
Category: Oncology
12/08/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.50 General
10/31/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $9,800.00 General
10/17/2024 Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc Tazverik (Drug) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $2,610.00 General
Category: Oncology
10/17/2024 Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc Tazverik (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $110.21 General
Category: Oncology
09/27/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $346.69 General
09/27/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $120.03 General
09/27/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $60.02 General
09/27/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $50.01 General
09/27/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $43.01 General
09/27/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.01 General
09/17/2024 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $564.00 General
06/14/2023 Genmab U.S., Inc. Epkinly (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $98.80 General
Category: Oncology
03/22/2023 ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,400.00 General
12/10/2022 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.37 General
03/10/2022 SECURA BIO, INC. COPIKTRA (Drug), COPIKTRA, COPIKTRA Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,500.00 General
Category: Hematology and Oncology
12/09/2021 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,527.50 General
11/16/2021 Kyowa Kirin, Inc. POTELIGEO (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $818.75 General
Category: MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 4 184 282 $184,835 $30,275
2022 4 108 149 $68,591 $13,950
2021 6 153 233 $70,614 $18,440
Total Patients
445
Total Services
664
Medicare Billing
$62,665
Procedure Codes
16

All Medicare Procedures & Services

16 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 109 147 $107,310 $17,236 16.1%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 17 62 $32,240 $6,574 20.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 47 62 $33,790 $4,679 13.8%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 11 11 $11,495 $1,785 15.5%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 31 38 $28,120 $5,026 17.9%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2022 14 20 $7,725 $2,284 29.6%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 17 24 $6,391 $1,837 28.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 19 20 $10,900 $1,768 16.2%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 12 29 $8,658 $1,599 18.5%
99233 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes Facility 2022 15 18 $6,797 $1,436 21.1%
99215 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes Facility 2021 43 48 $17,748 $5,300 29.9%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Facility 2021 50 56 $14,228 $4,316 30.3%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 16 60 $17,020 $3,366 19.8%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2021 15 27 $9,385 $2,177 23.2%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Facility 2021 13 13 $7,020 $1,888 26.9%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Facility 2021 16 29 $5,213 $1,393 26.7%

About Dr. Paola Ghione, MD

Dr. Paola Ghione, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Buffalo, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/24/2019. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1730740556.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Paola Ghione, MD has received a total of $20,368 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $13,995 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 20 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($16,046).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ghione has provided services to 445 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 664 services with total Medicare billing of $62,665. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 16 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Tazverik (Drug) $2,720
  • COPIKTRA (Drug) $1,500
  • POTELIGEO (Drug) $818.75
  • Epkinly (Drug) $155.14
  • Columvi (Biological) $37.05

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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